Ecosystem responses to mercury contamination
Subtitle: indicators of change : based on the SETAC North America Workshop on Mercury Monitoring and Assessment, 14-17 September 2003, Pensacola, Florida, USA
By: edited by Reed Harris ... [et al.].
Contributors: Harris, Reed.
Publisher: SETAC; CRC Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Pensacola, Fla; Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780849388927
Subjects: Mercury -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.; Environmental indicators -- Congresses.; Environmental monitoring -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Drawing on the knowledge of international experts in the field of atmospheric transport and deposition, mercury cycling in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic foodwebs and wildlife, Ecosystem Responses to Mercury Contamination: Indicators of Change presents the information needed to design a national-scale monitoring program for mercury. The book explains how to obtain reliable trends for mercury concentrations and fluxes in the environment, and use this information to evaluate regulatory initiatives aimed at reducing mercury emissions."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.